Borrow the day to change the day

Zhong Jinwei looked at the impassioned Emperor Chongzhen, and he was also quite excited.With such an ambitious king, the country really shouldn't be subjugated!

Suddenly he remembered that it seemed to be off topic.I was talking about things in Liaodong before, but after talking about it, I went to the Navy.

So, he played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I have to prepare as soon as possible and transport the materials to Haizhou in time."

"Master Zhong, can someone else go for you? There are many things in the capital that require you to be here." Emperor Chongzhen discussed with Zhong Jinwei after hearing this.

The cabinet that needed Zhong Jinwei's help, the commander of Jin Yiwei and others all looked at Zhong Jinwei, hoping that he could stay.

But Zhong Jinwei shook his head solemnly and said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid it won't work. Huang Taiji, the slave chief, must not be underestimated. In the past, the Jianlu army gathered, but the new army went from Haizhou to Niuzhuang Post. There must be targeted preparations for this great humiliation. I estimate that this time we will have to fight all the way through."

In the Liaodong War, only Zhong Jinwei was the most authoritative.When he said that, other people in Wenhua Palace could only agree with him.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen said to Zhong Jinwei: "Since this is the case, Master Zhong should make preparations early and go back early."

The matter was settled like this, and after the meeting, Zhong Jinwei went to prepare for the delivery of supplies.

But that night, when Zhong Jinwei was about to go to bed after playing with his son for a while, someone suddenly came from the palace and ordered Zhong Jinwei to have an urgent audience.

It is obviously a big deal to be recruited into the palace to discuss matters at night.Zhong Jinwei was worried that there would be trouble again somewhere, so he hurried to the Forbidden City.

On the way, he bumped into the church members who had a meeting in the morning.Everyone didn't know what it was, and only when they entered the palace could they know.

Emperor Chongzhen had been waiting in the Wenhua Palace early on, and only Wang Chengen was waiting by his side.

The officials who were ordered to meet were basically the cabinet, the six ministers, and senior officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They met outside the Meridian Gate and entered the Wenhua Hall together.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw that they were all here, he picked up something from the imperial case.Under the reflection of the candlelight, his complexion was a little strange and he said: "Shanhaiguan Master Sun hastened eight hundred miles, saying that Jianlu asked for peace with Ming Dynasty. I would like to imitate the Mongolian example, be canonized by the court, and be called a minister and pay tribute."

Emperor Chongzhen's words were like throwing a stone into a calm lake, causing waves.

"Your Majesty, wouldn't it be Jianlu's plan to slow down the army?"

"Your Majesty, why did Jianlu suddenly meet and make peace? There must be a conspiracy!"

"..."

There was a lot of noise in Wenhua Hall, as if it had suddenly turned into a vegetable market.

Wen Tiren, the chief assistant of the cabinet, came out, stopped the noisy voice, and then played to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, do you have any specific conditions for Jianlu?"

Emperor Chongzhen handed the share to Wang Chengen who was on one side, and asked him to pass it on to the courtiers below.Then he said first: "The general request is that the imperial court withdraw its troops from Haizhou and open the border cross-market. In exchange, the area south of the line of Gaizhouwei and Zhangzidao will be ceded to Daming."

Zhong Jinwei sneered secretly when he heard this, Huang Taiji really had a good idea.Not to mention that Jianlu was originally a courtier of Ming Dynasty. He gathered people to rebel, robbed the land of Ming Dynasty, and killed the people of Ming Dynasty. How could they make peace with each other.I also want to imitate Mongolia and ask for the canonization of the Ming Emperor, which is really a beautiful idea!

Don't look at Jianlu's cession of such a large area. In fact, these areas are the prominent areas of Bohai Bay, and they are all along the coastline.Facing the harassment of the Daming navy, Jianlu had a hard time defending, and cutting them directly relieved the burden.

In addition, several wars since last year have all been directed at Jianlu's food and other materials, especially the Shenyang raid, which burned a lot of food crops in the hinterland of Jianlu.

Now that Jianlu supplies are in short supply, asking Daming to open a mutual market is obviously for their own disaster relief.

Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei secretly admired Huang Taiji's foresight.

He knew that Huang Taiji should have seen the advantage of the new army over Jianlu. Although Jianlu still had the power to fight, Huang Taiji had anticipated what would happen in the future, so he took this measure of peace talks.

Zhong Jinwei didn't know that Huang Taiji's move was more than what he had in mind.

But now he was just watching with cold eyes, and didn't express his opinion immediately.

He remembered that in history, it was Daming who was beaten by Jianlu and wanted to negotiate peace, but in the end there was no peace negotiation.Now because of his appearance, Jianlu was beaten up by Daming and wanted to negotiate peace.He wanted to know, would this peace talk succeed if he did not interfere?

The court now has some money in its hands, so the expenses in the palace are not as economical as before.This meeting was very important, so candles were lit in many places in the Wenhua Hall, illuminating the Wenhua Hall very brightly.

Because of this, although there were people with poor eyesight in Wenhua Hall, they were not affected by the light, and soon they all read Sun Chengzong's memorial and slave chief Huang Taiji's letter of credence.

"Everyone, what's your opinion?" Emperor Chongzhen asked immediately when he saw that all his officials had finished reading.

"Your Majesty, Liaodong was originally the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and Jianlu was also a subject of the Ming Dynasty. But Jianlu killed my people and took over my land. Now that Ming has become stronger, he came to seek peace and pretended to be king. I think that I must not agree " Xu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was the first to express his opinion, with a look of anger on his face.

Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, frowned when he heard this, and said, "That's not the case. Wars cost money. The Marquis of Zhongxing also said during the day that Jianlu's strength is very strong. If If we miss this opportunity, Jianlu and Daming will fight to the death. One is that we don’t know when we will win the battle, and the other is that we will have to sacrifice countless soldiers of my Daming for this, wasting the little money and food. The court must also deal with these things. Consider it."

Zhong Jinwei was speechless. He could tell that Bi Ziyan was moved by Jianlu's peace talks, and even used his previous statement as his argument.

Zhong Jinwei wanted to speak, but on second thought, he decided to hold back.

Emperor Chongzhen heard the two opinions and knew that it was reasonable, so he asked again: "What about the opinions of the other ministers?"

As the head of all officials, Wen Tiren must express his opinion.I just heard him say: "I think that if you win the fight, you can fight and ignore the peace talks. If you can't win the fight, or if the fight lasts too long, then negotiate terms with Jianlu and strive for a condition that is most beneficial to Ming Dynasty."

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he turned his head to Zhong Jinwei, wanting to ask his opinion whether he could defeat Jianlu, and how long would it take to defeat Jianlu?

But when he looked over, he found that Zhong Jinwei was staring at the ground, the old god was there, as if he was thinking about something.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother him when he saw this, and turned to look at Yang He, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, and said, "Yang Qing, do you think the war with Jianlu can end in a short time?"

Yang He saw that his colleagues around him were all watching him, as if his answer would decide whether to talk about peace or not.He is also an old man in the officialdom, so he would easily draw such an important conclusion, and immediately replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I think it is best for the Marquis of Zhongxing to answer this matter. Familiarity with the Liaodong War The most understanding of Jianlu is the Marquis of Zhongxing."